Day 4

Ambient temp - 44

Pile core temp - 144

I nearly burned my hand putting the thermometer in the pile.  M.P. will be happy with some very nice compost tea very soon.

How does one make compost tea, you ask?  Very simple:

• add one shovel full of compost to about 4 gallons of water, stir
• next, add one ounce molasses, stir
• insert an aquarium air bubbler (hooked to a pump, of course)
• let this sit and bubble for three days
• strain your tea - (if you are using it in a sprayer, make sure you strain it completely so you don't clog your sprayer)
• spray your plants and watch them grow!
• If you aren't going to use all of your tea you must feed it again with molasses every three days with the bubbler going